LETTER: We can't live in fear of bombs -- or guns

With all of the recent gun debate and all of the recent media coverage of every shooting to fuel these debates, I would like to know what these people think about the recent bombings in Boston? What about all of the people being injured and killed by IEDs in the military? What do they think about the people that are being killed and injured in prisons with rolled up toilet tissue? How about knives? What about rocks?

People have been killing people for millions of years. "Guns don't kill people. People kill people, as the old bumper sticker said. Where there is a will there is a way. We already have background checks for people buying guns in Indiana and most other states. Avid gun owners are all for the background checks. We want to protect all our constitutional rights and when we start losing one of our rights we start to lose them all. Are we not going to be able to buy batteries, cleaning supplies, toilet paper, nails, screws or whatever else you can find on the Internet and go to the hardware store to buy and make an IED or any type of device to cause mass devastation. I pray for all of the people in Boston, as I do for everyone that has been injured in tragedies and war. Americans need to stand together and get their heads out of the sand and realize that we are crippling ourselves by dividing ourselves on the very issues that built this wonderful country.